ALBUM ART MOCKUP #2

 

ALBUM ART MOCKUP

 

I started messing around with album art for our live record of previously unreleased tunes. This changes up the usual pallete quite a bit.

100 DAY POSTCARD CHALLENGE, DAY 86: POP OLIVES + SQUIDS LIVE SHOW ARCHIVED

 

Our live stream from Friday 11/13 was a blast!  Here's the archived video.

100 DAY POSTCARD CHALLENGE, DAY 82: SQUIDS SHOW

 

100 DAY POSTCARD CHALLENGE, DAY 48: DAN JONES AND THE SQUIDS

 

I did this design in a few places--the lobby of Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor's office, and also sitting at a sidewalk table in the sun, in front of Monarch Coffee on Broadway.  

I finished it off during the VP debate, posted it on Facebook, and sold one a few minutes later on Redbubble.  There are a few different products at my Redbubble shop, including iPad skins, stickers, etc.  

I am re-reading The Odyssey (2018 Emily Wilson translation).  I don't remember much about the translation I read in Honors Lit back in the late 80's but this one is a good story.

LA CERCA + MYSTERIOUS CLOUDS + SQUIDS @ MINIBAR 7/25/19

This will be a great night of psych-rock with a Tucson's La Cerca and Kansas City's Mysterious Clouds. And Squids!

Check out and support La Cerca's newest platter on Bandcamp.  

SQUIDS TONIGHT AT THE SHIP

DAN JONES AND MATT RONAN @ LOUIE'S WINE DIVE IN LIBERTY, SUNDAY 9/9

RETURN TO SAM BOND'S ON 9/14

SQUIDS, SATURDAY 7/28 @ MINIBAR

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I checked out this record by Egyptology yesterday, kind of spooky ambient synth music for driving through the lunar landscape of Lenexa, KS.
 


Later I checked out this George FitzGerald techno record and really like it. After a few months of checking out new music and bouncing around from genre to genre (seeming to land on space rock, ambient rock, motorik-guitar music, and African pop and soul much of the time) I fired up Circle Jerks Wild In The Streets. 

Very comfy and goofy, like an old Chevette full of empty QT fountain drink cups and cassette tapes on the floorboards.

SQUIDS DIALING IT IN AT TEMPLE SOUNDS * GOLDEN MOTORS II AVAILABLE NOW ON CD BABY

 

We tracked for a few hours this week. It's going to be a FUN record.  

Golden Motors II is available now on CD Baby.

SQUIDS + DEAD VOICES + THE GRAVE ESCAPE AT THE BRICK FRIDAY, 5/18/18

TRACKING AT TEMPLE SOUNDS

I got lead vocals done on the new Squids project Saturday at Temple Sounds, and Matt, Alex, and Steve added some backing vocals as well. 

We'll be playing a show at The Brick on Friday 5/18 with The Grave Escape and Dead Voices.

FINAL DAY IN AUSTIN

LOS WILDS

BAYWAVES

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My final day in Austin (Sunday) was super fun, catching a couple of Madrid bands that were the highlight of the weekend music, for me.  Los Wilds are a skinny-jeaned 5-headed organism spreading the gospel of sexy crazy garage rock all over your brain pan, and Baywaves are groovy Euro-dreampop with a bass player who moves like one of those whacky waving inflateable signs you see in front of the auto dealership.  (I think he could also take over bass duties for Yes, if they need him).  Both just delightful.  

I also saw a turtle family walking along the lake with Graham.

Driving 11 hours on my birthday was not totally ideal but it started with another round of cactus breakfast tacos, was a nice day, and Alex bought me a new lid at a Texas truckstop.

I spend some time answering Facebook birthday wishes this morning, always fun.

MIDCOAST TAKEOVER PHOTO TOUR

SQUIDS AT SHANGRI LA

ACOUSTIC STAGE AT SHANGRI LA

INTENSE MARKETING CAMPAIGN

SMOKED BRISCUIT TACOS, YES

ROKY ERICKSON AND THE CITY SKYLINE.  2-HEADED DOG!!!!

ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US

I LIKE STICKERS

THE JOHNNY CASH BAR CALLED MEAN EYED CAT IS A GOOD'N

SEASON TO RISK, HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT

GRAHAM TOOK ME TO SOME OVERLOOKS AND WE CARRIED ON HIS NAMESAKE'S PRACTICE OF TAKING PICTURES OF BRIDGES WHILE ON VACATION.  DAD LIKES BRIDGES.

THE WEAPONIZED DONUTS AT GOURDOUGH'S ARE KIND OF MINDBLOWING AND YOU WON'T NEED TO EAT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.

I FORGET THE NAME OF THIS FOOD TRUCK BUT IT WAS DELICIOUS COLOMBIAN FOOD

THEY KNEW WE WERE COMING

BOOJIE GOT GAS

PINK FUZZ HAD A COOL QTSA ACID ROCK VIBE

DROP A GRAND, STREET ROCK, RESIDENTS-STYLE

AUSTIN IS A DOGLY TOWN

DAY 2 OF RECORDING

We had another productive evening at Temple Sounds, finishing the basics on 7 tunes.

DAN JONES AND THE SQUIDS AT SXSW MIDCOAST TAKEOVER

DAN JONES AND THE SQUIDS @ recordBAR 2/13/18